Patterned prevascularised tissue constructs by assembly of polyelectrolyte hydrogel fibres

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Leong, Meng Fatt ^a   Toh, Jerry K C ^a   Du, Chan ^a   Narayanan, Karthikeyan ^a   Lu, Hong Fang ^a   Lim, Tze Chiun ^a   Wan, Andrew C A ^a   Ying, Jackie Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYELECTROLYTE;

BIOENGINEERING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTROLYTE; FAT; GEL; HISTOLOGY; MEDICINE; POLYMER; RODENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; LIVER; MICE; MICE, SCID; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84883094276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3353     Document Type: Article

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